Mobile Device Provisioning Format Selection
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current mobile device management systems face complexity in provisioning content due to the diverse capabilities of mobile devices, which consist of both terminal and SIM entities, requiring different provisioning protocols and formats, leading to difficulties in seamless management and migration across evolving technologies.
Innovation Solution
A capabilities-based automatic provisioning content formatter system that determines and converts provisioning content formats based on the combined capabilities of terminal and SIM card repositories, enabling adaptive and automated formatting for various formats, including standard and proprietary ones, ensuring seamless integration and future-proof management.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If different provisioning protocols and formats are used for terminal and SIM entities, then device compatibility is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a device management server as an intermediary component that mediates between the provisioning system and diverse mobile devices. This server maintains repositories of capability information for different device types and automatically selects appropriate provisioning protocols and formats, thereby maintaining device compatibility without requiring the entire system to manage the complexity of multiple protocols simultaneously.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the parameter of provisioning content by adapting the format and protocol based on the target device's capabilities. The device management server transforms provisioning data into device-specific formats using capability information from repositories, allowing the same core provisioning function to work across different device types without hardcoding multiple protocol handlers throughout the system.
2Measurement precision
If manual configuration of provisioning formats is performed, then precision in format selection is improved, but time consumption increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-populating repositories with capability information for various device types, terminal models, and SIM card variants. This capability database is built in advance, allowing the device management server to quickly query and determine the appropriate provisioning format without performing complex analysis during the actual provisioning process, thus maintaining precision while reducing time consumption.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables self-service through automated format selection. The device management server automatically queries the repositories using device identifiers, determines the appropriate provisioning protocol and format, and configures the provisioning content without requiring manual intervention. This automation maintains precise format selection while eliminating the time cost of manual configuration.
3Manufacturing precision
If comprehensive capability analysis of both SIM and terminal is performed, then provisioning accuracy is improved, but processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the capability analysis into two separate repositories: one for SIM card capabilities and another for terminal capabilities. This segmentation allows the system to independently query and evaluate each component's capabilities using simple, focused data structures. The device management server combines these segmented results to determine the appropriate provisioning format, maintaining high provisioning accuracy while avoiding the complexity of a monolithic capability analysis system.
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AI summary
The method of the invention is intended for provisioning content formatting in a device management system in order to facilitate provisioning of mobile devices of different capabilities with contents in a device management system in a mobile network infrastructure. The system comprising a device management application and repositories, and the method is mainly characterized by the steps in which the device management application in the device management system is initiated to perform provisioning content formatting, and the device management application determines the applicable format for a mobile device to be provisioned on an analysis based on combining the capabilities of the mobile device identified by means of one or more of the repositories. The system of the invention structure comprises one or more device capabilities repositories and a device management application used for the determination of correct provisioning content format based on the capabilities of the mobile device and device capabilities repositories.